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Recent Examples of intermittently
Iran has participated in the Biennale intermittently since 2003, including the most recent edition in 2024.
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News Desk, Artforum, 13 May 2026
Michael served as a writer for Martin's 2012 comedy special I, Martin Short, Goes Home and worked intermittently on his series The Martin Short Show between 1994 and 2000.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Units that run for extended periods at low temperatures may wear out more quickly than those used intermittently or in an eco-friendly mode.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2026
Traffic will be paused intermittently along FM 1709 between Randol Mill/Davis Boulevard and Peytonville.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2026
During the nearly two decades since that meeting with carpet executives in 2008, Georgia regulators intermittently tested the waters south of Dalton, confirming time and again the extensive contamination.
—Dylan Jackson, ABC News, 6 May 2026
Eventually, the original lineup, including Zoom, reunited in 1998, and have been intermittently touring since.
—Michael Tedder, SPIN, 5 May 2026
For decades, the space has been largely inaccessible, used intermittently for storage, its future still undecided.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
In Caveat, Isaac (Johnny French) and Olga (Leila Sykes) are both recovering from traumatic events that have left them impaired — him an amnesiac, her intermittently catatonic.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 May 2026
News Desk, Artforum, 13 May 2026
Michael served as a writer for Martin's 2012 comedy special I, Martin Short, Goes Home and worked intermittently on his series The Martin Short Show between 1994 and 2000.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
Units that run for extended periods at low temperatures may wear out more quickly than those used intermittently or in an eco-friendly mode.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2026
Traffic will be paused intermittently along FM 1709 between Randol Mill/Davis Boulevard and Peytonville.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2026
During the nearly two decades since that meeting with carpet executives in 2008, Georgia regulators intermittently tested the waters south of Dalton, confirming time and again the extensive contamination.
—Dylan Jackson, ABC News, 6 May 2026
Eventually, the original lineup, including Zoom, reunited in 1998, and have been intermittently touring since.
—Michael Tedder, SPIN, 5 May 2026
For decades, the space has been largely inaccessible, used intermittently for storage, its future still undecided.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
In Caveat, Isaac (Johnny French) and Olga (Leila Sykes) are both recovering from traumatic events that have left them impaired — him an amnesiac, her intermittently catatonic.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 1 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for intermittently
Adverb
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The odds usually appeared alone, without referencing any specific sportsbook, but, periodically, text appeared in the ticker saying they were provided by DraftKings.—
Luke Connors,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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That night, both the President and his wife periodically fled upstairs to check on their most beloved son, the eleven-year-old Willie, sick with a fever that would kill him two weeks later.—
Thomas Mallon,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
Adverb
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Ebola is spread primarily through contact with the body fluids of an infected person, or occasionally through contact with an infected animal.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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She's adjusted her budget, but occasionally dips into savings to cover an unexpected household expense.—
Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
15 May 2026
Adverb
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The slick creatures, with their blunt heads and whiskers, are sometimes easy to spot in the water, but the restaurants that have perfected eating them are a bit harder to find.—
Chelsea Brasted,
Southern Living,
15 May 2026
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That's a fairly small sum, although many of her most famous dance cuts arrived long before iTunes, and sometimes decades before Billboard introduced the tally.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Intermittently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intermittently. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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